Name
- Renard, Karl Ivanovich, Secretary, Soc. of Naturalists, Moscow1
- Rendu, Louis, Bishop of Annecy1
- Rennie, George, sculptor and politician, 1802-18601
- Reventlow, Jutta, Count1
- Reynaud, François Dominique, Comte de Montlosier1
- Ricardo, Moses, of Brighton1
- Rice, Stephen Edmund Spring, Deputy Chairman, Board of Customs, 1814-18651
- Richards, George Henry, Admiral KCB1
- Richardson, John, Arctic explorer1
- Rigaud, Stephen Peter, mathematical historian and astronomer1
- Robe, A. W., Captain; of the Map Office1
- Roberts, David, RA1
- Robertson, Patrick, Lord Robertson; Scotch judge1
- Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, 1st Marquess of Ripon, politician, 1827-19091
- Robinson, Thomas Romney, astronomer, FRS1
- Roget, Peter Mark, MD, FRS1
- Rohlfs, Gerhard, German explorer1
- Ross, James Clark, FRS; RearAdm. 18561
- Royal Society, 1660-1
- Ruland, Carl, librarian to Albert, Prince Consort1